Chon-mon-i-case Shaumonekusse, or L'Ietan . An Otto half- Chief

by Thomas L. Mckenney, James Hall

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

An early impression and fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important works ever published on the American Indians' Field ,` a landmark in American culture' Horan and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life. Chonmanicase, more commonly known as Shaumonekusse, which means Prairie Wolf, was among the first delegation of Plains Indians to visit Washington in 1821. He was outshone by his wife, Hayne

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